Hundreds came together in downtown Phoenix to protest hate. (Source: 3TV/CBS 5)

Demonstrators packed a church for a rally against hate. (Source: 3TV/CBS 5)

Some of the rally attendees held signs. (Source: 3TV/CBS 5)

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) -

Dozens of people packed a church in downtown Phoenix for a Rally Against Hate service on Sunday evening and hundreds more were outside in response to what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia.

They gathered at the Phillips Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church near 14th Street and Adams Street. There were so many people, there was an overflow crowd outside the church, where they stood in the heat.

Police have shut down the area for the rally.

Some held up signs promoting peace in response to Saturday's violence in Charlottesville.

"It was heartbreaking. Obviously, any kind of that activity throughout the world is just inexcusable in my mind and we need to stop it as soon as possible," one protester said.

The peaceful demonstration was just one of many across the nation which were held in reaction to the violence in Virginia on Saturday.

In Seattle, police said they had to make arrests and confiscate weapons. Others in New York marched to Donald Trump's home while some held a candlelight vigil in Florida.

On Saturday, violence broke out in Charlottesville after white nationalists came together to "take America back" and protest proposals to take down a Confederate statue. They clashed with hundreds of other people protesting the rallying, including Antifa. One woman was killed when a driver crashed into a crowd of anti-white-nationalist protesters. A state police helicopter monitoring the events crashed into the woods, killing two troopers.

This Sept. 24, 2017, photo provided by Michael Kass shows Yann Arnaud during a Cirque du Soleil performance in Toronto. Arnaud died early Sunday, March 18, 2018, after falling while performing during a show on Saturday in Tampa, Fla. (Michael Kass via AP)

A Cirque du Soleil performer died Saturday night after he fell during a performance in Tampa, Florida.

An 8-year-old girl is in a medically-induced coma after suffering severe burns from a fire pit explosion in Phoenix. Neighbors are now rallying together to help raise money to help the family get through this rough time.

Cars go by the scene Monday, March 19, 2018, near where a pedestrian was stuck by an Uber vehicle in

The National Transportation Safety Board says it is sending a team to investigate a crash in which a self-driving Uber vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian as she crossed a Tempe street. Full story @ https://goo.gl/pzGvYH.

The National Transportation Safety Board says it is sending a team to investigate a crash in which a self-driving Uber vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian as she crossed a Tempe street. Full story @ https://goo.gl/pzGvYH.